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ReviewChemistryOpen2026

Recent Advances on Application of Modified Biochar for the Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Wastewater.

Ebrahim Tangestani, Ravinder Kumar, Catherine M Miller, Elsa Antunes

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Review in ChemistryOpen, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ebrahim TangestaniCollege of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Ravinder KumarCollege of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Catherine M MillerCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Elsa AntunesCollege of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4246-7824

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The widespread use of pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) has led to their extensive contamination in aquatic environments. Biochar, a carbon-rich and porous material, offers a promising solution for the remediation of PCs, particularly when modified. Modification methods can be physical (ball milling, steam activation, and CO

Indexed as

CharcoalWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationAdsorptionPharmaceutical PreparationsbiocharCharcoalPharmaceutical PreparationsWastewaterWater Pollutants, Chemicaladsorption mechanismsbiochar modificationbiochar regenerationbiochar sustainabilitypharmaceutical compounds

Identifiers

PMID42170783
PMCPMC13240449

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